Razor stropper



June 16, 1931. H. BROOKS 1,810,265

RAZOR STROPPER Filed Dec. 1, 1927 .LLLCIILIASHLBT'OO H75 Patented June 16,1931

LUoIusHoMnn BROOKS, orAir-LAN'rA, crltcmG l-k I RAZOR s'rnorrna Application filed December 1, 1927, SerialjNo; 237,054.

This invention aims to provide a holder for razor blades during the stropping of the blades, the device being so constituted that it will accommodate blades of widely varied i sorts, novel means being provided for hold-i ing the blade-grip in a tubular handle.

It is within the'province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the 19 invention appertains,

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds,

the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing 29 from therspirit of the invention.

In the drawings I v Figure 1 shows inelevation, a device constructed in accordance with the invention;

Figure 2 is a view wherein the article is shown at right angles to the disclosure of Figure 1, the handle being in section;

Figure. 3 is a longitudinal section taken through the grip and the handle;

Figure 4 is v an elevation of the opened, I I

F igure 5 is a cross section on the line 55 of Figure 3; s Figure 6 is a cross section on the V of Figure l. l

The device forming the subject matter of this application'includes a grip 1 made of a single piece of resilient and non-rusting metal, bent upon itself at 2 to form ppositely disposed arms 3 having flat cooperating gripping flanges 4 along the r longitudinal edges and cooperating outwardly conveXed ribs between the gripping flanges; The arms 3 terminate in reduced fingers 6 of diflerent lengths, the ends of the fingers being inwardly beveled, as shown at line 66 7. The fingers are trough-shaped in cross section, as shown in Figure 5, so as to fit closely but detachably in a tubular handle 8 which, like the grip 1 preferably'is made of v non-rusting metal.

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The fingers 6 are spaced'apart, as shown a at 9, to enhancejtheir resiliency, and to re ceive,-between them, an inwardly projectlng detent 10 onth'e handle 8. The detent or projection 10 may be formed by not-ching the end of the handle 8, as at 11, the metal "thus freed being turned inwardly. Any c0nvenient portion of the handle 8 may be knurled or otherwise roughened as indicated at 12, to secure a better hand hold.

The flanges 4 enable the device to hold a thin flat blade having one or'more cutting: edges. Theribs 5 form a space 14: in which the back edge of a thick wedge-shaped blade may be received, the resiliency of the grip 1 being sufficient to accommodatesuch a blade bet-ween the arms 3. Because the fingers 6 I are of different lengths, and inwardly beveled as at 7, the fingers may the more easily be inserted into the handle 8, wherein they are received with a reasonably tight friction fit. The detent 10 which extends between the fingers 6, prevents relative rotation between the grip 1 and the handle 8. The spacingat 9, between the fingers 6,not0nly accommodates the detent 10, but enhances the resiliency of the fingers 6, aswell,'so thatthey will fit snugly in the end of the handle 8.

The device is 'of simple and inexpensive two-piece construction and maybe turned out at trifling expense.

The difference in the length ofthe arms 3 is greater. than the distance-51 between the projection 10 and. the outer end surface 52 of the handle 8, whereby the projection will firstride along the inner edge 53 of thelong arm and then pass between the arms, thereby facilitating the insertion of the arms intothe handle, thearms being inwardly beveled at? I toengage with the outer end surface52 of the handle, the difference 50 in the length of the arms causing the said beveled portions 7 to engage one ata time with the outer end surface 52 of the'handle, thereby facilitating the insertion of the arms into the handle. What is claimed is A device of the class described comprising a tubular handle provided near to its outer end with an inwardly-extended projection, and a blade-grip including long and short arms which are insertible into the handle. the diflerence in the length of the arms being greater than the distance between the projection and the outer end surface of the handle, whereby the projection will first ride along the inner edge of the long arm and then pass between the arms, thereby facilitating the insertion of the arms into the handle, the arms being inwardly beveled to engage with the outer end surface of, the handle, the difference in the length of the arms causing the said beveled port-ions vto engage one at a time with the outer end surface of the handle, thereby facilitating the insertion of the arms into the handle.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature.

LUCIUS HOMER BROOKS. 

